We are the same. There is no difference anywhere in the world. People are people. They laugh, cry, feel, and love, and music seems to be the commons denomination that brings us all together. Music cuts through all boundaries and goes right to the soul.

How would you like to bite that in the ass, develop lock jaw and be dragged to death?

There are more serious problems in life than financial ones, and I’ve had a lot of those. I’ve been broke before, and will be again.

Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people regardless.

I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control.

Where I grew up, Bob Wills and his western swing was very popular. And western swing is not that far from jazz and blues.

When I was out in the bars drinking and fighting I was a little bit less of a peacemaker than I would be if I'd had a coupla hits of a joint and gone and laid down somewhere.